Barbados vs Denmark: Proportion of total government spending on essential services
Barbados
14.2%
in 2025
Denmark
14.2%
in 2022
Barbados rank
61st
Denmark rank
63rd
Proportion of total government spending on essential services over time
- Barbados
- Denmark
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 14.2% against 14.2% in Denmark, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 61st and Denmark ranks 63rd of 170 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.8% | 15.3% | 4.5% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 14.4% | 1.1% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 14.0% | 0.5% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of total government spending on essential services, Barbados or Denmark?
- Barbados, at 14.2% against 14.2% in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of total government spending on essential services between Barbados and Denmark?
- 0.0%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Denmark?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Denmark rank globally for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Barbados ranks 61st and Denmark ranks 63rd of 170 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.